Israel plans to build military outposts in southern Lebanon and southwestern Syria to protect against attacks from Hezbollah and other terror groups.
Israel is planning to establish military outposts in southern Lebanon and southwestern Syria as a means of defending Israel i communities from being attacked by Hezbollah or other terror groups, according to a report in Israel i media. Israel in a new defense concept in the northern region – 12 outposts will be built along the border with Lebanon , one opposite each community in Israel .
In addition, 9 outposts will be built in the outer region of Syria, 2 of which will be in the former Syrian Mount Hermon. Senior Israeli officials tell Channel 14: If Trump doesn’t press otherwise — we’re there to stay. Israel has slowly withdrawn from towns in southern Lebanon under the terms of a 60-day ceasefire with Hezbollah. The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) are supposed to replace the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in that region. Separately, since the collapse of the Syrian regime, Israel has occupied the strategic peak of Mount Hermon, and areas within or near a former demilitarized zone to the east of the Golan Heights in Syria, deterring attacks by Syrian rebel groups. It is unclear whether the international community would accept an Israeli presence in these regions. Hezbollah has, in the past, used the IDF presence in southern Lebanon from 1982 to 2000 as a pretext for attacking Israel. And the Syrian rebels who have taken over the country have insisted that Israel respect its territorial integrity. But Israel may not care: there may be no other way to guarantee that terror groups do not use border regions to attack Israeli towns. On Thursday, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) conducted an airstrike on Hezbollah launchers in Lebanon; the IDF claims it did so only after a request to the LAF, which is responsible for destroying such weapons, was not fulfille
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